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Hackney carriages. The provisions relating to these vehicles in large towns are contained in the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), ss. 37 et seq., incorporated by the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 171, and in London in the London Hackney Carriages Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 22), which has been amended by many subsequent Acts, of which 6 & 7 Vict. c. 86, and 16 & 17 Vict. cc. 33, 127 and the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 55), are the most important. In the last-mentioned Act provision for taximeter cabs is made. The conveyance of infected persons in public vehicles is prohibited by ss. 159 and 160 of the Public Health Act, 1936. For orders fixing fares and making other regulations for London cabs, see also the Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43); and London Passenger Trans-port Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 14); Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), and the various statutory rules and orders, and generally, see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Hackney and Stage Carriage,'and Bonner and Farrant's Law of Motor Cars.